Today's News

Kingston, Harriman, and Rockwood have endured many changes in the past five years in the world of little league football and this year isn't any different.
During the off season Rockwood Rams director Glen Cofer was determined to form a new league with all five county teams involved. Cofer succeeded in bringing Midway and Oliver Springs back into the fold plus got a bonus with Rhea County and Oak Ridge joining the league, although Oak Ridge will not participate in the playoffs this season.
The new league will now be called the Tennessee Valley Athletic Association (TVAA).

In his five years as Harriman’s mayor, Chris Mason has done a lot of good for the residents of the city.

He has worked hard to revitalize downtown Harriman and make city government work more efficiently. He has also worked hard in changing how other people view Harriman.

However, all of Mason’s hard work might have gone up in smoke with one word that appeared in the Wednesday’s edition of the Roane County News. That word was KINGSTON as Mason picked the Yellow Jackets in Goose’s Gurus to defeat the Blue Devils in Friday’s match-up between the two bitter county rivals.

Tennessee residents will have an opportunity to offer input on the State Funding Board’s revised debt management policy during a meeting at the State Capitol Wednesday.
Last year, the board agreed to require all governments in Tennessee to adopt debt management policies by Dec. 31.
In addition to setting minimum standards for governments to follow, the board encouraged them to adhere to four guiding principles:
1) Debt transactions should be clearly understood by the decision-makers.

What price jobs?
In the proposed LocoDocs situation, will Rockwood residents trade tranquility for the promise of employment for a few?
If Vice Mayor Peggy Evans and real estate agent Frankie Hawn, who reportedly said noise will not be an issue, have their way, it could happen.
One has to ask if either of these individuals live in the neighborhood near the proposed facility.